FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 187 



EESULTS OF WORK. 



1. Publications of the Commission — (\)iitiiiued. 



AlTENDlx A — Cciiitiniicd. 



11. Statistics of the most iinpoitant tisherios of the Page. 



North Atlantic. By Carl Daaibcck. 21 



1. Xoiwav 21 



2. Swcdcu 21 



3. Denmark 22 



4. Ciirmany ■'-' 



5. Great liritaiu and Ireland 2.1 



U. Frame 24 



7. North .\merica 24 



III. On the tisheries of Norway 25 



IV. Statistical data regarding the Swedish fisheries. 31 

 V. Account of tlie tisheries and seal-hunting in the 



White Sea, the Arctic Ocean, and 

 the Caspian Sea. By Alexander 



Scliiiltz 35 



A. The tisheries of the White Sea and the Pet- 



shora 3^ 



1. The herring 37 



2. The salmon 40 



3. The nuvaga (Gadus navaya) and other 



salt-water fish 43 



4. Kiver and lake tish 44 



B. Fisheries in the Arctic Ocean 44 



1. Fisheries on the Mourman coast 44 



2. Fi.sheries at Xovaya-Zemlya 52 



0. Fishhig aud seal-hunting in the Caspian Sei. 5S 



1. Fish found in the Caspian Sea 58 



2. Sp:'.\vniug-season of the fish in the Cas- 



pian Sea ^1 



3. Wealth of the fish in the Caspian Sea.. 62 



4. Estimated value of the fisheries in the 



Casi)ian Sea ^^ 



5. Fishing-basins of the Caspian Sea 64 



6. Fishing implements '^2 



7. Import auce of a (Tataga) fishing estab- 



lishment ^'^ 



8. PrepariuiT of the fish aud its several 



parts °- 



0. Market price of fish and their products. 90 

 10. Price of fish as fixed by agreement be- 

 tween the fishermen and the fishiug- 



llOUSO! 



11. Seal-huntin;; 



91 

 92 



12. Manufacture of seal-oil ^5 



VI. The Norwegian heriing fisheries. By A. I. 



Boeik and A. Feddersen 9" 



VIT. Prelkmiuars report for 1873-74 on the herring 



and herring fisheries on the we.st 



coast of Sweden. By Axel Vilhelm 



l'>3 

 L.iungnian 



1 On ditferent species of herriug and small 



, 125 



herring 



The spring herring (Cliqyea majalis) .. 128 



The sea-herring ( TIafslottsill) 130 



The wandering-herring (Strdksillcn) . . 131 



Herring spawning in autumn 133 



The large herring, or the so-called 



(Cranila) hening {Ciupea hohmica, 



Nilss.) : 133. 



2. Of the propagation and growth of the 



hening and small herring 14» 



